CENTRAL COAST HIGH SCHOOL.... THE TEENAGER WHO'S MAKING HISTORY .... BY BECOMING THE FIRST GIRL TO TAKE THE FIELD IN A SAINT FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME. THE WATSONVILLE CATHOLIC SCHOOL IS GEARING UP FOR IT'S SEASON... AND WELCOMING THEIR NEW RECRUIT. ACTION NEWS REPORTER BRITTANY NIELSEN IS LIVE IN OUR NEWSROOM WITH THE STORY. ### THIS TEEN HISTORY MAKER IS ALYSSA SOTO ... SHE'S 15.... AND HAS A BIG WILL TO WIN ... AND MAKE THIS YEARS LIST OF STARTERS. 14:03 our first girl in st francis history We're excited to have her aboard 14:09 ALYSSA 31:13 it caught my attn. this year like why not give it a go and ttry it 31:15 YEAH.... WHY NOT? ALLYSSA SOTO WAS A THREE SPORT ATHLETE LAST YEAR.... SO WHY WOULDN'T SHE TAKE ON ANOTHER CHALLENGE-- AND ALL THE BOYS? ALYSSA Playing with the boys is gonna be a new experience because theyre bigger 32:29 and some are faster BUT HEAD FOOTBALL COACH SAYS SOTO'S FOOTBALL I-Q IS OFF THE CHARTS. ADAM HAZEL 15:20 shes an extremely good athlete and she has a lot of football savvy so shes always in in the right place 15:29 SOTO GREW UP AROUND THE GAME... LEARNING FROM HER DAD AND BROTHER.... DAD OSCAR ON THE SIDELINES OF MOST PRACTICES. OSCAR SOTO When I see her out there jarring around with the boys I say maybe you should try this next time 4:02 SOCAR SOTO 4:37 I know its my daughter but I try to see the football player and I know how she is and so when she does put the football helmet on I see the strong-willed kid that she is 4:49 AT EIGHT, SHE STARTED PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL .... SEVEN YEARS LATER ... SHE'S SUITING UP AS A SOPHMORE FOR HER FIRST HIGH SCHOOL SEASON. ALYSSA 31:37 I feel really proud really excited that I came to a new level and accomplished something and its gonna be a new step in life for me31:45 HER TEAMMATES LEARNED SHE WAS ON THE ROSTER DURING THE OFFSEASON. ADAM 14:14 we really haven't taken it diff we've talked to our team, in the spring, about shes on board with this lets be leaders, not just accepting, but lets encourage her 14:27 Ruben Ibarra 25:42its nothing new shes energetic so that's good for us she brings the tema up and encourages us to work harder and that's better for ys 25:48 IT'S STILL BOUND TO BE A MENTALITY CHANGE FOR SOME. Andrew Ciandro 27:13 that shes a girl and you can be physical with her outside of football you're brought up to respect girls so its getting yused to treating her like another guy 27:26 AND THAT'S EXACTLY HOW SOTO WANTS TO BE TREATED. ALYSSA they teach me like they do the boys and that's what I want I want to be treated the same like them becausxe I'm not any different 34:10 SHE WISHES MORE GIRLS WOULD PLAY, IF THEY HAVE THE DESIRE TOO.... SHE SAYS THEY SHOULDN'T BE INTIMIDATED BY THE BOYS, OR THEIR SIZE... IF THEY HAVE THE WANT TO PLAY... THEY SHOULD. ## THE FIRST GAME FOR THE SAINT FRANCIS SHARKS IS SEPTEMBER SIXTH... AT HOME AGAINST THE GREENFIELD BRUINS. ### IN NEWS AROUND THE STATE...